Preconceptions Dictionary Quotes & Sayings

Only a bad artist thinks he has a good idea. A good artist does not need anything. — Ad Reinhardt

The philosopher, who with calm suspicion examines the dreams and omens, the miracles and prodigies, of profane or even of ecclesiastical history, will probably conclude that, if the eyes of the spectators have sometimes been deceived by fraud, the understanding of the readers has much more frequently been insulted by fiction. — Edward Gibbon

If he'd been a hero, he would have taken the opportunity to say, "That's what I call sorted!" Since he wasn't a hero, he threw up. — Terry Pratchett

Her name was Tolly Mune, but in the stories they call her all sorts of things. — George R R Martin

The artist looks for a subject. You know, a lot of new poets don't seem to have a subject. I don't totally understand that. — Gerald Stern

I believe it to be the duty of everyone to unite in the restoration of the country and the reestablishment of peace and harmony. — Robert E.Lee

The people who influence and touch us most deeply are those who believe what we say. — Paulo Coelho

John Kerry's wife Teresa Heinz is on the cover of Newsweek magazine this week and they said that if he is elected president, she will be the oldest first lady in American history. But that doesn't bother John Kerry, he said, 'To me, she looks like a million bucks' — Jay Leno

Stretch the envelop; losers are not the stuff of legends. — John Wayne Falbey

That's essentially what Zen practice is about: functioning from moment to moment. — Charlotte Joko Beck

She loved him, and her heart was breaking. If she had known how much it hurt to love someone, she never would have given away her heart. But it wasn't a question of giving as much as falling. — Lynn Austin

God forbid, one day you two might understand what it's like to lose everything. To have to face it again, afterward - that might be the worst part. Sometimes the past should stay in the past.

City of Savages — Lee Kelly

I think how you look is the most important thing in the world. If you look cute, you are cute; if you look smart, you are smart, and if you don't look like anything, you aren't anything. — Betsy Byars